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add-ons

Started by englehart, September 04, 2008, 03:09:33 AM

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what software should i use for making add-ons?

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Nothing special. Each object consist of a dat file where you define the attributes and a png file where you paint the graphics. The dat file is a simple text file with .dat extension. The graphics can be done with a painting program (GIMP, Photoshop, PaintShopPro or Paint) or with a 3D design program (Blender, Wings, 3dsMax) To load the objects in the game, you need to join both files in a pak file. This can be done using Makeobj...you have more info at the Wiki.

In the old forum there was a zip with samples of dat and png files for 64 and 128pak (link) and a blender resource thread

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